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earlier, morsi got a call from president obama after a deadly confrontation between morsi's supporters and his opponents. holly williams is outside the presidential palace in cairo. >> reporter: some people here hope that after days of protests and blood shed, president morsi would make a major concession last night when he addressed the nation in an effort to restore balance. we are expecting large protests here today outside the palace here in cairo. in the city of alexandria, there have been more violent clashes between president morsei's opponents and his supporters. the president's opponents are demanding that he immediately gives up all of the sweeping new powers that he gave himself two weeks ago. they also want him to postpone a referendum on egypt's new constitution, due to take place in just over a week. critics say that constitution doesn't protect the rights of all egyptians. but president morsi didn't do either of those things last night. instead he offered to give up just one of his new powers, vaguely worded right to take all necessary measures to affect the country. he
earlier, morsi got a call from president obama after a deadly confrontation between morsi's supporters and his opponents. holly williams is outside the presidential palace in cairo. >> reporter: some people here hope that after days of protests and blood shed, president morsi would make a major concession last night when he addressed the nation in an effort to restore balance. we are expecting large protests here today outside the palace here in cairo. in the city of alexandria, there...
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president morsi says he wants to negotiate, but is determined to push ahead with the referendum. in the midst of this crisis he is due to address the nation later on today. charlie and norah? >> holly williams, thank you. >>> winds of change are blowing through washington state this morning. you might say they smell a little funny. a new law is now in effect first of its kind in the u.s. allowing adults to own marijuana for nonmedical use. john blackstone reports from seattle that supporters wasted no time celebrating. >> three two, one! >> reporter: at the stroke of midnight, there were cheers in seattle as marijuana officially became legal in washington state. an impromptu celebration was held appropriately enough at the space needle a seattle high point. did you ever think you would see this day? >> i certainly did not. i did not. kind of glad it's here now. >> reporter: the air was filled with the scent of victory. for those who campaigned for this night. although that itself is stretching the new law. it is not legal to use marijuana in public just like alcohol. and while it
president morsi says he wants to negotiate, but is determined to push ahead with the referendum. in the midst of this crisis he is due to address the nation later on today. charlie and norah? >> holly williams, thank you. >>> winds of change are blowing through washington state this morning. you might say they smell a little funny. a new law is now in effect first of its kind in the u.s. allowing adults to own marijuana for nonmedical use. john blackstone reports from seattle...
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president morsi's opponents are angry about a new constitution due to be put to a referendum a vote, in less than ten days' time saying he is a dictator and under the new constitution, it represents his islam and fails to protect basic rights and freedoms. the president's supporter meanwhile, accuse the opposition of trying to derail egypt's democratic transition. president morsi says that he wants to negotiate, but is determined to push ahead with the referendum. and in the midst of this crisis, he is due to address the nation later on today. charlie and norah? >> holly williams, thank you. >>> and winds of change are blowing through washington state this morning. and you might say they smell a little funny. a new law is now in effect. the first of its kind in u.s. that is allowing adults to own marijuana for non-medical usa. john blackstone reports from seattle that supporters wasted no time celebrating. >> three, two, one -- whew! >> reporter: at the stroke of midnight, cheers in seattle of marijuana officially becoming legal in washington state. >> yeah! >> reporter: an impromptu
president morsi's opponents are angry about a new constitution due to be put to a referendum a vote, in less than ten days' time saying he is a dictator and under the new constitution, it represents his islam and fails to protect basic rights and freedoms. the president's supporter meanwhile, accuse the opposition of trying to derail egypt's democratic transition. president morsi says that he wants to negotiate, but is determined to push ahead with the referendum. and in the midst of this...
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. >> mohamed morsi under siege after 100,000 protests in the streets. >>> l.a.'s mayor has announced an end to an eight-day strike at the largest port complex. >>> best man's friend is learning a new trick. how to drive a car. get off the road. >> three, two, one. >> god bless us, every one. >>> nine weeks, officially over. >> snooki wants to give baby advice to kate middleton. her number one advice, find out advice to kate middleton. her number one advice, find out who the father is. captioning funded by cbs e to cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." headline out of washington, a lot of talk. not a lot of action. not surprisingly, the white house and congress remain far from any deal to prevent automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. >> with just 27 days to go, republicans are not talking with the obama administration and the president is only talking on tv. major garrett is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. yesterday at the white house there were vague references to conversations about the the fiscal cliff with cong
. >> mohamed morsi under siege after 100,000 protests in the streets. >>> l.a.'s mayor has announced an end to an eight-day strike at the largest port complex. >>> best man's friend is learning a new trick. how to drive a car. get off the road. >> three, two, one. >> god bless us, every one. >>> nine weeks, officially over. >> snooki wants to give baby advice to kate middleton. her number one advice, find out advice to kate middleton. her...
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president morsi issued an appeal for his opposition to come together with him to engaging dialogue and try to resolve this issue but that didn't happen. the opposition refused to come. meanwhile the army actually called for the protesters to sit down and have a little bit of dialogue. that was welcomed by the muslim brotherhood. the army last night did not intervene significantly when protesters, opposition protesters breached the barricades behind me in front of the presidential palace. they sat back and let the proifrts shout and holler and spray paint and pulled back again. the muslim brotherhood has kept its protesters away from the opposition that's in the wake of at least seven dead and more than 700 injured. nobody wants to see any more of that. this is turning into a confrontation twins lammists who support the government and the secular opposition. now there have been some other attempts to try to cool the situation. president morsi did suggest he might actually postpone the referendum which is due from a week from today on a new constitution but that hasn't done much to satis
president morsi issued an appeal for his opposition to come together with him to engaging dialogue and try to resolve this issue but that didn't happen. the opposition refused to come. meanwhile the army actually called for the protesters to sit down and have a little bit of dialogue. that was welcomed by the muslim brotherhood. the army last night did not intervene significantly when protesters, opposition protesters breached the barricades behind me in front of the presidential palace. they...